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What the article failed to mention was that the Pharisees said that the reason why they picked up stones to stone Jesus was for blasphemy: and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God (John 10:31-33, esp. v.33). And concerning Jesus' pre-existence, it should be clear from the...

My statement was based in the concept that the Father descended to become the Son (Isaiah 9:6). Therefore, the Word, that "later" (for lack of better terminology) became flesh (the Son) was the Father in His pre-incarnate form. The Word definitely is Jesus. I'm not disputing that one iota.

In this view, it may be that God descended in order that He Himself might become the perfect High Priest (Hebrews 2:10); because no one else could ever be able to fully and completely, faithfully and perfectly, fulfill that position.

I believe that John 1:1 has as a parallel passage Ephesians 4:10. God descended to become a Man, out of eternity into time, then ascended back out of time into eternity, to fill all things (and also transcended created time once again). The pre-incarnate Christ (the Father) exists outside of...

Also, Mark 12:29 says in the kjv: And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

The Greek word for 'and' there is 'kai' and it can be translated 'even'. Thus, a more accurate translation of 1 Corinthians 8:6 might read, But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him: even one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. I...

I wouldn't say that about rejecting the Trinity per se (as I see no biblical basis for that); but I would say that about rejecting the Deity of Jesus Christ (as there is a biblical basis for that...John 8:24). And the terminology I have used is none of the things you have mentioned above; for...

The question that I want to ask is, Did God eternally beget the Son by creating some kind of an eternal mirror, so that the Person on the other side of the mirror was also eternally existent, and then became flesh and then died for us? (see Isaiah 45:5-6, Isaiah 45:18, and Isaiah 45:21-22). Or...

You're forgiven (by me)...of that at least. To be forgiven by God of all of your sin(s), of course you would have to receive Him as He is (John 1:12) in order to appropriate His shed blood in truth.

Not an exchange, but the addition of the nature of humanity (Jesus never ceased to be God in the incarnation).

Islam teaches that Muslims will go straight to heaven if they die in a holy war. So if they really believe what their religion says, they will not be cowering in fear, they will be rejoicing at their redemption. And also, if their religion is true, we would be doing them a favour by killing...

I pray the Lord extends your period of grace by prolonging your life; and that Hurricane Florence doesn't take it (see Ecclesiastes 9:11, Proverbs 27:1).

It is not that a man becomes a robot in order to become eternally secure. It is that he is transformed from being a dog or a pig into a sheep (2 Peter 2:22). As a sheep, he detests vomit and mud, which is what he previously loved because before receiving Christ, he was a dog or a pig. If...

In John 9, the blind man is answering the question of whether he is the same person that sat and begged. He basically answered in the affirmative. In John 8:58, Jesus breaks normal grammatical usage to make a claim. The scribes and Pharisees knew what Jesus was saying (they picked up stones...

I find that hard to believe...curiosity in the heart of man is not easily pushed off. And there is more to the fact that you want me to delete it than that it is just tacky to you. I think that you did read it and are doing what I have also seen you do before...backtracking in order to save...

It is the faithful interpretation of that verse; but of course you believe otherwise because you want to believe otherwise; because if it is true, then you are condemned where you stand. How much better to place your footing on solid ground by heeding the warning that the verse proclaims?

Also, if you see a blind man walking toward the edge of a cliff that has lava boiling over in the area below, would you consider it unloving to even tackle that blind man in order to try to convince him that that is where he is headed? It would be the most loving thing to do to get in his face...

It is not merely my opinion that failing to believe in the Deity of Jesus will result in a man dying in his sins...it is what the scripture teaches in John 8:24. In pointing this out I do not believe that I am judging his ultimate salvation...for as long as he is alive, he will have an...

I think it must be having the desired effect because you are offended by it...it has been said that when you throw a rock into a pack of wild dogs, the dog that barks the loudest is the one that got hit. ;)